The public engagement manager and curator Bryony Benge-Abbott had the wonderful idea of bringing together artists and scientists to explore the theme of patterns in the 2018 exhibition at the Crick. Our lab was paired with the Australian visual artist Helen Pynor. She set up her desk and temporary studio in our lab for several months, and in turn, we visited her London studio. We could immerse ourselves into each other’s world, focusing on the aspect of transforming patterns from the artist’s and scientist’s point of view. The preparations and participation in this exhibition will remain a truly inspiring and memorable experience for us at many levels.

If you would like to learn more about a typical day in a fly lab, here is the description from our former PhD student Nana Shimosako posted in the Node when we were still located at Mill Hill.

NIMR canvas

In 2015, NIMR became part of the Francis Crick Institute. Our labs crafted tiny pieces of artwork on cloth that were assembled into a large canvas to remember the spirit of NIMR. The image shows our lab’s contribution. To read more about the NIMR canvas, here is a description by Qiling Xu posted in the Node.